... "Pre-Heller Dan Simpson had a laundry list of demands sure to ignite a civil war, including total civilian disarmament. Following a 'three month amnesty… Special squads of police would be formed… Then, on a random basis to permit no advance warning, city blocks and stretches of suburban and rural areas would be cordoned off and searches carried out in every business, dwelling, and empty building. All firearms would be seized. The owners of weapons found in the searches would be prosecuted: $1,000 and 1 year in prison for each firearm… On the streets it would be a question of stop-and-search of anyone, even grandma with her walker, with the same penalties for 'carrying.'" ...

"Some years ago I was invited to debate on live radio a representative from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Formerly Handgun Control, Inc., this organization is devoted to the disarmament of American citizens. As an advocate of the Second Amendment, I took the key position that our framers meant to protect an individual right to bear arms, and, having just come off a hard-fought war against a tyrannical government, intended that armament of the populace would act as a deterrent against future government tyranny. This, charged my opponent, was the same mind-set held by people such as Timothy McVeigh ..."

"It took every ounce of my willpower to keep from cramming a microphone down the Brady guy’s throat." ...

... "What makes California's ban so much 'better' in the gun ban jihadists' eyes is that it basically bans all semi-automatic, detachable magazine-fed rifles. Replacing the detachable magazine with one that is 'fixed' makes the rifle California-legal ..."

"Enterprising gun manufacturers realized that if the magazine release button is replaced with a device that can only be engaged with the help of a tool (which, in the case of the 'bullet button' mag release, is simply a spare round of ammunition), then the shooter is, legally speaking, disassembling/reassembling the gun with every magazine change, rather than merely reloading it."

"And that's what a San Francisco CBS News affiliate finds so upsetting:" ...

"Announced at SHOT Show this year, German Sport Guns (GSG) has been manufacturing StG 44 rifles chambered in .22 Long Rifle. The StG or Sturmgewehr (literally storm rifle) 44 was one of the first true assault rifles ever made." ...

"Beretta is one of the oldest firearms manufacturers out there, having been around for almost 500 years now. They’ve had plenty of time to make mistakes, learn from them, and then apply those lessons to another generation of firearms. They do still make mistakes (hey, who doesn't?), but those mistakes are rare, meaning that if you go to buy or shoot a Beretta firearm, chances are that it will perform just as you expect." ...

"When Mark Kresser gave us the rundown on his plans to revamp Taurus’s customer service, quality and product line last month, he told us they’d definitely be expanding their business through acquisitions and he wasn’t lyin’. Looks like Taurus is going old school and getting into a little cowboy action action with the purchase of Heritage Manufacturing, maker of Rough Rider single action pistols. We get the idea that this is only the first dip into the big Brazilian wallet, so look for more additions to Taurus’s lineup to come. Press release after the jump . . ." ...

"Savage may have recently ditched their plans for making a .300 BLK bolt action rifle, but that isn’t stopping custom shops from doing it themselves. Liberty Suppressors took it one step further into the 'awesome' department by adding a stainless steel shroud and integrally suppressing the whole thing . . ." ...

"I just thought this was really cool. Dark Horse Arms has come out with a Remington 700 in .308 Winchester that is integrally suppressed. And not only do they make the gun (and sell it for a cool $2,695), but they also produce some very interesting subsonic .308 rounds to go along with it. The three rounds I fired grouped very well. But really, how different is subsonic .308 and subsonic .300 BLK? . . ." ...

"Hornaday just issued a press release talking about a Zombie 3-gun event they’re hosting later this year (June 29 – July 1) in Nebraska, a continuation of the Zombie theme that seems as hard to kill as its fictional villains. The list of sponsors on this thing is massive, and the stage descriptions involve a M-60 machine gun and a 600 yard shot. But the stages do appear slightly… repetitive. Nevertheless I’ve already tried to weasel myself a spot in the shooter’s list, so stay tuned. Press release after the jump." ...

"Day one of SIG SAUER’s three day Active Shooter course was dedicated to introducing me to me. Specifically what I can and can not do with a pistol and a rifle. After a brief Powerpoint intro to active shooters—they exist and they need shooting—the rabbi, a cadre of cops and I did the live fire thing. Moving and shooting. Shooting and moving. Trying not to hit the innocents on the targets. What my teammates and I discovered: a rifle is a whole lot better an anti-active shooter weapon than a pistol. Especially for the not-so-active people downrange. At the conclusion of the drills, SIG SAUER gun guru Scott Reidy asked the police participants a simple question . . ." ...

"I recently had a co-worker ask me about an advertisement in the paper offering an out of state concealed carry permit class. As was I talking to him, I learned he really does not know what states our permit is honored in. In our state the permit system is a 'shall issue' and does not have a requirement of taking a basic course. He expressed his desire to get some instruction, but has never taken a formal firearms course and was not sure if this is what he was looking for. At this time I started to explain about my business which is offering NRA Handgun courses, and the variety of topics covered just in the basic course. ..."

"I began to think, what does the average gun owner know about picking a training course or even what to look for? ..." ...

"If you haven’t noticed from the last couple posts, shotguns are on my mind at the moment. I was reading through my May issue of Guns & Ammo and the first thing I turn to is their cover story on Mossberg’s M500 Flex modular shotgun. The concept of modular firearms interests me a lot, so after reading their article I decided to head over to Mossberg’s web page and get more info. The following is what I found over at their site."

"Flexible, versatile and virtually limitless for fit, style and application. Wouldn’t everyone want a gun that is flexible enough to fit that description? ..." ...

"The Ruger LC9 has made quite the boom in the firearm industry. It seems that every girl and her sister either owns or wants one. I’ve seen a lot of them showing up my classes lately; so when Armed in Heels asked if I was interested, it seemed only natural to do a write-up on the LC9 ." ...

"At some point, you just get lucky. My future father in law letting me borrow his Savage Model 12 LRP in .243 WIN is one of those points. He bought the gun last year for long range target shooting with some varmint hunting mixed in for good measure. Unfortunately, his work schedule has been pretty insane for the last few months and he actually hasn’t had a chance to do much more than warm up the barrel and get it roughly sighted in. Listening to him recount the sad story of his ownership a few weeks ago, I (jokingly) offered to take it off his hands for a few weeks. To my surprise he replied, 'Really? You’d do that for me? I just want to know what factory ammo works well with it, and make sure it’s properly sighted in.' ..." ...

"When you’re quieting down a semi-automatic firearm, most of the residual sound is going to come from the action itself. You’ve got a hunk of metal sliding back and forth, banging against other metal bits and venting gasses — you bet it’s going to be heard. The solution used to be to turn the gas system off at the gas block, but Innovative Arms had a better idea…" ...

"The vast majority of silencers are designed to never ever EVER come apart. The reason is that they’re designed for higher pressure cartridges, so making them permanently sealed lowers the probability of the cans coming apart under pressure. It’s also easier and cheaper to produce. But Huntertown Arms, a silencer manufacturing company little more than a year old, has done something I’ve never seen done for the 5.56 round: they’ve made a silencer that you can take apart and clean . . ." ...

"The Smith & Wesson Shield was unleashed onto the market a couple weeks back with much hype and hoopla. I participated in the hype, and yes, I liked it. Hats off to the Smith & Wesson marketing team for creating such a buzz around the release. I think we can expect other manufacturers to copy S&W in the future."

"Two days after the Shield was released, I bought one in 9mm, and by that evening had already shot several hundred rounds through the gun. A couple days later, I posted a first impressions mini review, promising a full review to follow. Well, here you go." ...

"The rise in gun sales in Seattle has been accompanied by a near tripling in the number of murders and a 39 percent increase in the number of gun-related assaults in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011."

"It is important to remember that, while the Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms, it does not say that we are required to own guns. Before purchasing a gun, consider whether you really need one. ..." ...-------

Submitter's Note: WRONG! The second amendment protects our natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, and civil right to keep and bear arms.

"Amidst national outcry over the murder of Trayvon Martin, advocacy groups and legislators alike met last week to support microstamping legislation, while demanding the removal of a "Stand Your Ground" bill from the Senate."

"Salt Lake City Police don't have standard advice for victim's confronted by an armed robber. In this case, Police say the suspect could have grabbed the crowbar out of the store clerks hand and used it as a weapon."-------

SUBMITTER'S COMMENT: Of course, the clerk could have broken both the robber's arms. But that didn't happen either.

KABA Note: And if a crowbar is so easy to "grab", then the clerk could have just "grabbed" it back, right?

"Birmingham police say a 13-year-old robbery suspect was shot and killed by the person he tried to rob in Birmingham Friday night." ...

"BPD Sgt. Johnny Williams said the teen suspect approached a couple as they pulled into their home ... The suspect had a T-shirt over his face like a bandana and was holding a cocked and loaded gun, Williams said."

"Police say the would-be robber approached the male occupant of the car and told him to 'Get out and give it up.' The man had his own gun in the car and shot the teenager. The teen ran a few feet, collapsed and died at the scene, Williams said." ...

... "According to police, the burglars kicked in the back door to Gischer’s house and then pried open the locked door to his bedroom."

"'I felt something going like this pushing on my head and I did not move and all of a sudden he pushed harder,' Gischer said. 'And I opened my eyes and I said 'what are you doing here?'"

"A stroke left Gischer with a bad leg, but he still tried to take on the burglar when he ripped off his gold chain which was a gift from his deceased daughter. During the tussle, Gischer was able to grab his own gun to ward off the intruder."

"'I stood up and put it to his head. I said 'now we have both got a gun. Now one of us is going to die or you get the hell out' and he said 'I'm going' and took off.'" ...

"A CA man awoke to find 2 men in his home who had broken in through the backdoor around 6am. The homeowner, who had armed himself, managed to shoot one of the men in the leg. Both home invaders ran away when the homeowner started shooting. The wounded suspect was arrested nearby and is being treated for this wounds. The other suspect is still being sought by police. The homeowner was taken to the hospital to treat possible medical conditions related to the stress of the situation." ...

"Bravo for the Second Amendment! The reason injuries were prevented and lives saved is because as Americans we have the ability to defend ourselves and others through the Second Amendment right to own guns. You see, it is impossible for the police to be everywhere at all times protecting us from bad guys. Given that we are supposedly still a free society, why would we want cops to be present on every street corner anyway?" ...

"A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store."

"Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. ... 'He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people ...'" ...

"Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. 'A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him.'"

"By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. ..." ...

"What is reporter Maggie Crane doing reporting the story of 69-year-old Ed Gischer?"

"This is the guy who, in the wee hours of Monday morning, was snoozing in his Lemay home when a masked burglar kicked in the back door, pryed open the locked bedroom door, and pressed the muzzle of a gun to the old timer's forehead."

"The crook tried to tear off the old man's gold chain. But it was a gift from his dead daughter, so Gischer fought back -- despite a bum leg from a stroke. He grabbed his own gun, pointed it at the thief. The thief bolted." ...

"Monday night’s Fox News lineup included two hardball discussions about Operation Fast and Furious and what appears to be a looming move by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to issue a contempt citation to Attorney General Eric Holder." ...

"White House correspondents may have shown more true color than humor Saturday night when comedian Jimmy Kimmel slipped in a joke about Operation Fast and Furious that may not get as many laughs as Tuesday’s threatened May Day protest in Seattle."

"Among Seattle liberals, it’s just not polite to joke about a scandal that – had this occurred with a Republican in the White House – would be front page news. It's toxic. ..." ...

"It was only for 14 seconds, and one might question the appropriateness of joking about a government plot that has resulted in hundreds of deaths in Mexico, and two dead federal agents, but comedian Jimmy Kimmel is now one of the few people to have publicly referenced the 'Project Gunwalker' scandal in President Obama's presence. This was Saturday night, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (see sidebar video):" ...

"With his customary pen and legal pad to take notes, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listened to Hamilton County residents during a town hall meeting Tuesday morning in Webster City at the Hamilton County Extension Service office."

"After a brief introduction, Grassley opened the floor for questions ..." ...

"Pertaining to the right to bear arms, Grassley warned citizens not to confuse Second Amendment Rights with Fast and Furious."

"The Fast and Furious program was designed so that U.S. guns crossing into Mexico were intended to create a backlash against the gun rights of U.S. citizens, said Grassley. The guns ended up in the hands of gang members and resulted in the death of one U.S. government agent." ...

"'There are threats that Attorney General Eric Holder may be cited for contempt in this case,' Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said last night in reference to the Fast and Furious 'gunwalking' scandal. Citing a CBS News Freedom of Information Act request for Department of Justice documents from Holder and his senior staff that resulted in a response consisting of 'mostly blank pages,' O’Reilly introduced Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., to explain where the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is on releasing the anticipated citation." ...

... "Holder has enough GOP partisan lashes on his back to know that no matter how many facts he cites to bolster his case that he didn't know or certainly approve any illicit doings in the sting ATF operation, the issue won't go away. The GOP will toss out empty threats such as demands for his firing, or resignation, and even talk about impeachment. It won't happen. But it's media catchy and sensational enough to keep Holder on the hot seat. The issue will be bandied about even more throughout 2012." ...-------

H/t to David Codrea who notes: Really? That's what "Gunwalker" is about? Powerful white men taking the whip to blacks?

"The Republican nominee to succeed Congressman Mike Pence will be someone who believes strongly in God, guns and the right to life." ...

"Joe Sizemore, a 47-year-old Shelbyville factory worker, identified gun rights as the second most important issue in the election. Don Bates, a 42-year-old financial adviser from Winchester, called the Second Amendment the third most important issue."

"The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund has announced its support for Congressman Gary Miller for reelection to the 31st Congressional District. The decision was based on Congressman Miller’s solid and consistent 2nd Amendment support during the Southern California lawmaker’s 14 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives." ...

"The Associated Press reported recently that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who once infamously admitted on national television that her goal is to get American gun owners to 'turn them all in,' is trying to block votes on bills that would require a state to honor concealed gun permits from other states." ...

"Gun owners are as susceptible to urban legends as any other group of people on the internet. In fact, they may be more susceptible since there are so many convoluted attempts to use backdoor means to obstruct the right to keep and bear arms that nothing seems impossible."

"Having said that, the latest urban legend to gain traction in the gun rights community is the claim that Senate Bill S1813 allows the IRS to strip you of your gun rights and carry permit based upon back-taxes owed."

"The Senate will be voting on a bill that will largely remove the need to have a gun permit for a concealed handgun in most New Hampshire locations where gun possession is legal, anyway. The new bill will be cutting away with a bit of redundancy and unnecessary red tape for NH citizens. " ...

"Yesterday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) published a report detailing trace information for firearms recovered in Mexico and submitted to the ATF for tracing."

"The report showed that between 2007 and 2011 the Government of Mexico recovered and submitted more than 99,000 firearms to the ATF for tracing. Of those submitted, more than 68,000 were manufactured in or imported from the United States. " ...

"Yet, before one jumps on the ban-rifles-now-bandwagon, he/she needs to recognize that, as with much of the information the government releases, there are certain limitations that must be addressed. Here are five:" ...

"The Governor of Minnesota signed a bill into law that will allow prosecutors to carry a handgun while in the courtroom. This bill would leave prosecutors, police, and sheriff officers as the only people permitted to carry weapons into most Minnesota courthouses." ...-------

Submitter's Note: Well as long as the special people are safe, who cares about the peasants?

"Stewart and the girl stayed behind in a trailer while the rest of the group went swimming. Shortly thereafter, the girl’s father returned to the trailer and found Stewart on top of his daughter engaged in what he described to authorities as sexual behavior ..." ...

"On Monday, Tangiphoa Parish investigators issued an arrest warrant for Stewart, charging him with two counts of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile." ...

... "The Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue forwarded a copy of McGinn’s order to their attorney. The emergency order's wording says the ban applies to 'any weapon.' ... Sources tell this column that officers seized about 70 makeshift weapons Tuesday. None of them were firearms, but there were sharpened sticks, metal poles, screw-tipped wooden staffs and other nasty contact weapons."

"But it does not appear that legally-carried firearms — regardless the wording of McGinn’s order — were even on the radar screen. According to Seattle police sources, the order is aimed primarily at the long wooden staffs that were disguised as flagpoles, as well as other things some people were carrying Tuesday ..." ...

"April 8, 2012, marked the anniversary of a law that affects the lives of more than 270,000 Buckeyes."

"Ohio's concealed-handgun license law turned 8 years old on that Sunday afternoon."

"Notably absent from the festivities were blood in the streets, Wild West reenactments and an epidemic of accidental gun injuries. To understand the significance of this event and why today it seems completely unremarkable, simply Google 'Ohio concealed carry 2003' and prepare to be astonished." ...

... "In the aftermath [of the North Bend shooting standoff], a handful of critics have weighed in from the cheap seats, in a couple of different venues. While authorities are trying to decipher what motivated Keller to murder his wife and child and then retreat to his fortified eight-years-in-the-construction bunker, it is less likely anyone will ever figure what motivates people to write comments like this, in the Seattle Times:" ...

"Some industrious West Seattle resident has fashioned a couple of crude signs and stapled them as a warning to residential burglars and other ne'er-do-wells with this message: 'Welcome Criminals. Loaded guns are waitin'.'"

"Roughly translated the season is open, there is no license required and no bag limit." ...

"Ohio deer hunters donated more than 104,400 pounds of venison to local food banks through the 2011-12 deer hunting season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife."

"The venison donation equals approximately 417,600 meals for Ohioans in need. A total of 2,088 deer were donated during this season compared to 2,503 last year, 2,336 in 2009-10, 1,096 in 2008-09, and 418 in 2007-08." ...

"The State of New Mexico has stopped honoring carry permits from 13 other states in the last two weeks according to a report on Handgunlaw.us. I don't see much good that will come of this especially for the residents of the Land of Enchantment." ...

"KCBS in Baghdad by the Bay has a shocking expose on a gaping loophole in California’s gun control laws. It seems that while you can’t own a rifle that will allow a user to use his finger to release and change a magazine, it’s A-OK if your long gun requires a tool to do it. Gunmakers, being the resourceful lot that they are, have created 'bullet buttons.' To drop a mag, all you need to do is use the business end of a cartridge to poke the little release in the middle what would normally be the magazine release button on the gun in any other state in the union . . ." ...

"The International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR) added the National Arms Association of Spain (ANARMA) as a new member of the international gun rights association working to protect and expand the right to keep and bear arms around the globe. ANARMA joins 19 other groups from 10 countries on five different continents that represent millions of firearm owners and citizens concerned about civilian arms rights."

"'Our international coalition is growing by the day with groups like ANARMA as new allies in securing the universal right to keep and bear arms,' said IAPCAR executive director, Philip Watson." ...

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